James Goodhue

James Goodhue

James holds a Bachelor of Construction (Property Development) and has an extensive and varied background in property development and urban regeneration, specialising in housing. Having worked for CORT Community Housing and Kainga Ora, he joined Dwell with a deep understanding of the social housing sector.

James has considerable property and construction experience and has been involved in some of New Zealand’s largest regeneration programmes including Tamaki Regeneration and more recently as Associate Project Director at Eastern Porirua.

Having worked for non-profit, private, public, and iwi organisations, James understands and appreciates the full spectrum of challenges, perspectives, and drivers housing organisations have across the housing continuum.

He is the founder and director of Ora Regeneration Aotearoa, a purpose-driven property and investment company with core expertise in creating places of diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, mana, and prosperity.

James joined the board in 2021.